Gunlance or switch axe?

[Bastila Shan]

Now I tried both and it seems like switch axe is a lot more manuverable but gunlance can tank some pretty heavy hits but not ground aoe attacks.

Which one do you think is better? Or is it really just user preference

[YMD]

switch axe is more fun flashy

[agentkido]

It's really just user preference of what you enjoy playing more.

[Bastila Shan]

Is gunlance the safer option though? Can I block my way to end game?

[Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe]

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Is gunlance the safer option though? Can I block my way to end game?

Speaking as a lancer, yes. You can. With Guard and Guard Up, you can block the worst things anything can throw at you. Just be mindful that gunlance is much slower than a lance.

[Drogash]

ChargeBlade

[Bastila Shan]

Originally posted by Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe:

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Is gunlance the safer option though? Can I block my way to end game?

Speaking as a lancer, yes. You can. With Guard and Guard Up, you can block the worst things anything can throw at you. Just be mindful that gunlance is much slower than a lance.

Oh excellent that alone makes me want to stick with gunlance. I only fought 2 monsters with it so far but it seems decent enough in blocking. Is there a way to deal with ground attacks? I can’t dodge with this weapon though

[Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe]

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Originally posted by Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe:

Speaking as a lancer, yes. You can. With Guard and Guard Up, you can block the worst things anything can throw at you. Just be mindful that gunlance is much slower than a lance.

Oh excellent that alone makes me want to stick with gunlance. I only fought 2 monsters with it so far but it seems decent enough in blocking. Is there a way to deal with ground attacks? I can’t dodge with this weapon though

When you say 'ground attacks', I assume its tremors. There are decorations and talismans for that.
If you mean the AoE ground explosions that the Guardian monsters can do, trust your shield. In Guard and Guard Up we trust. It can block almost anything. Including laser beams and grapple attacks. (Though Im not too sure if lance and gunlance shields are different in their ability to block, but they should be similar.)
Here is a list of other skills that might be useful to you. Balance these out with good gunlance skills to give you an edge:
- Defense Boost
- Divine Blessing
- Recovery Speed
- Recovery Up
- Constitution
- Stamina Surge
- Flinch Free
- Speed Eating
- Flawless Armor (Gravios Set skill)

[Bastila Shan]

Originally posted by Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe:

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Oh excellent that alone makes me want to stick with gunlance. I only fought 2 monsters with it so far but it seems decent enough in blocking. Is there a way to deal with ground attacks? I can’t dodge with this weapon though

When you say 'ground attacks', I assume its tremors. There are decorations and talismans for that.
If you mean the AoE ground explosions that the Guardian monsters can do, trust your shield. In Guard and Guard Up we trust. It can block almost anything. Including laser beams and grapple attacks. (Though Im not too sure if lance and gunlance shields are different in their ability to block, but they should be similar.)
Here is a list of other skills that might be useful to you. Balance these out with good gunlance skills to give you an edge:
- Defense Boost
- Divine Blessing
- Recovery Speed
- Recovery Up
- Constitution
- Stamina Surge
- Flinch Free
- Speed Eating
- Flawless Armor (Gravios Set skill)

Cool. Yeh it was that dragon in the story you could only kill by pulling down the structure above it otherwise it kills the whole area if you don’t. It was its ice claw attack on the ground which caused ground to explode that my shield couldn’t block

[Khergit Horse Archer]

u can prolly block it with lance and its power guard thingie maybe it requires the deco the guard those kinds of atks not sure

[Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe]

Ive definitely regular blocked that with lance plenty of times on 3 Guard and 3 Guard Up. In fact, Im usually standing in front of the thing, blocking every attack he does and then uppercutting his face (when it glows red) to knock him down.

You can try with gunlance and see if you can block the same.

[RoosterSuplex]

Switch Axe for elemental and Gunlance for artillery and drawing agro

[No' Name]

I usually carry both on hand, because both are fun.

Switch axe will provide you with tons of mobility, and damage, and if you're good enough with you're timing, and counters, you'll basically never have a need to block via the gunlance.

That being said the gunlance is a very powerful option too, however most gunlances are dependant on their shelling type, rather than any of their elemental/raw damage, as just smacking things with the lance portion is probably next to useless without the shells/stake/wyvern blast. When monsters go to slepe, or fall asleep, the wyvern blast is always a nice damaging option for bonus damage.

The Gunlance will have more trouble cutting tails of certain monsters though, than the switchaxe, due to it being slow, and having very limited options in which direction(s) you can swing the lance.

I'd personally say use all weapons, but if it really came down to Gunlance, or Switchaxe, I'd say it's a user preference, until we start getting some hunts with DPS checks, then I'm willing to bet the Gunlance will be next to useless as a weapon, as it'll be too slow to keep up with damage.